Comments:EventID.Net
If a device is not working properly, its driver fails to load when Windows starts. A device can be related to a backup tape, cdrom driver, zip drive, any type of hardware actually. The message is quite typical to occur when a a tape drive is removed from a server.

EventID.Net
Device: bnistack - From a Citrix support forum: Try going into the device manager, enabled "Show hidden devices" and remove any additional NIC cards that appear. Reboot and see then if it attaches correctly.
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Anonymous
The following steps helped me to remove a driver, which was causing the issue:
1. Open regedit (e.g. click Start, key regedit and press Enter)
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers
3. Under this key, there will be the keys Version-2 and Version-3 (one or the other of these may be absent - not a problem). The sub-keys under these contain the printer driver configuration information
4. Delete all the sub-keys inside Version-2 and Version-3, but not these keys themselves. M312052 lists some other registry entries to delete, but this is not usually necessary.
5. Open a Command Prompt window
6. Key the commands

Anonymous
Device: SBRE - This was due to a Viper (GFI) product being uninstalled. It apparently doesn't remove all the registry keys and it keeps trying to start a nonexistent driver. You can delete the registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SBRE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SBRE

If you can't delete one of the keys, right click on that key and choose permissions, then click advanced then go to the owner tab and add yourself as the owner. Then you should be able to delete the keys.
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Please perform a backup of the existing registry before removing any registry keys.
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Dave Murphy
Device: halfinchVRTS - Resolution may involve loading the Symantec plug and play device drivers for tape drives. Additionally, though not in my case, can be related to SCSI driver conflicts. We were working with an old version of Veritas 9.1. Pending an update to see if the error goes away. See Symantec Document ID 281781.
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Charley Rouse
- Device: i8042prt - In my case, there was an issue with Hotplugging of the USB keyboard. I solved this problem by opening the registry, going to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters] and changing the value Headless data to 0x1 (Allow Hotplugging).
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EventID.Net
- Device: i2oexec iopbus - See "Intel Support Solution ID: CS-001293".
- Device: Adsmscsi - See the link to "IBM Support Reference #1111729".
- Device: Cpq32fs2.sys - See ME244984.
- Device: i8042prt - From a newsgroup post: "i8042prt is a keyboard or a mouse driver. Try deleting this driver and see if Windows operates normally and then reinstall your device (either keyboard or mouse) relating to this driver". Make a back-up first.
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EventID.Net
- Device: cmosa - As per ME319129, "This issue may occur after you apply Microsoft's BIOS3 Y2K Update (Biosfixi.exe) to a computer that was installed by using Dell Computer Corporation's OpenManage Client computer imaging software. The computer contains drivers that are leftover from the imaging process". Contact Dell to resolve this problem.
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Andreas RosÚn
Device: i8042prt - it could be because you have an USB-connected keyboard but PS/2 keyboard support is still enabled in BIOS.
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Anonymous
Device: IMOUFLTR - Found it to be associated with the Logitech mouse driver. Removed and reinstalled software and the error went away.
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Woodrow Wayne Collins
Device: "Otman4" - Otman4.sys is the driver which is Open File Option (OFO). It is used to make the static volume OFO uses to protect open/changed files. If the file is missing or corrupt, this error could occur. To resolve this error OFO must be reinstalled.
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Mario C
A Windows 2000 professional workstation kept getting this error along with blue screen of death with STOP: 0x0000007B (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE). The cable to the hard drive was good so I got the computer to boot into safe mode, then updated the driver on the hard drive and ran CHKDSK /F. The computer then rebooted normally. I still need to replace the hard drive, it is making a lot of noise while running.
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Paul Mooney
Device: Cdrom - I got this problem on my Dell PowerEdge after I received a problem with an IDE drive on the same cable. However, after fixing the bad block problem the hard drive, the CD drive failed to load and I could not see it in my computer. To fix this go into the BIOS at startup (F2). Turn on the Num Lock, Scroll Lock and Caps Lock keys (ensure all light are on on the keyboard). Then press Alt-E and Alt-F to reset the BIOS. Reboot the machine and the CD Rom drive will be available again. This also works for Optiplex and newer Dimension systems. Note: you will have to reset any other changes you made to the BIOS before the reset.
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